yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LordLugard:
Great ROM I'll say but one observation. Does anyone feel that the FE22 modem isn't as good? From the get go signal strength is weaker, bouncing up and down and I'm roaming smack in the middle of places that I shouldn't be or normally do not roam.

Think I'll try a different modem.

Sent from my SPH-D710 E4GT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] imakul8:
Why oh why can't I flash the ICS rom? I have flashed between Blazer 4.0,4.1 and CM9 several times. Whenever I flash ICS it never boots, but I get the different recovery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Do you do a full wipe with Calkulin's format all first?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joshuadub:
Your suppose to mobile Odin back to el26 or el29 kernel then wipe and install rom that's an issue that ics roms have on some u might be able to flash but your risking bricking you phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] imakul8:
Yes, I always use Calkulin's wipe all and since I have flashed CM9 several times, I'm familiar with flashing stock cwm el26 recovery. It just wont boot after a seemingly successful flash. Thanks for the replies guys.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joshuadub:
Welcome bro! might be a bad download try mounts and storage/ format system
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
It seems to be the worse for me. I completely lose all signal at my house where I had full bars before. Multiple reboots and attempts to update PRL and profile would eventually fix it, but I'm on the hunt for a new modem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joshuadub:
Ff11 modem has definately been the best one I've tried atleast in my area that is
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bielinsk:
Been searching but can't find anything.

Is there any way to remove Beats? It makes anything not rap/techno sound muffled and way too much base.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vanberge:
Not really any easy way to do that. The beats package has like over 100 files that get placed in like 5 different areas under /system
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhantomHacker:
I'll make a removal zip as soon as I can.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wotan2525:
Appreciate this. I don't like anything that manipulates the EQ without my input.

Also -- after another few days with ICS there are a few things that I've grown to like. However.... I still think that GB Blazer is better at this point. It's certainly much snappier.

The biggest thing in ICS that I love is the new voice for nav. Much better than the GB voice and now it doesn't require a third-party to make bearable.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
You should try the nav app Waze, its pretty nice and it is free.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shadow_God:
Yes it is... people updates it bout traffic status and cops location...Its a very nice app
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Yes, I live off of it. Red light cameras, accidents it does everything.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bielinsk:
That is awesome and I thank you in advance (and also when it is posted)

I am coming from Caulkins 1.6 and am really digging this so far. Very fast, stable, and great signal. Haven't seen any 4g reboot issues (so far) Only thing I didn't like was beats, it made my jazz sound terrible.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] toobz:
Anyone have any idea why kernel is taking up so much battery? It is lime 35% in bad ass battery O.o
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kobridge:
If you post the screenshots having below info, I'm sure there should be some one helping you.

Full screenshots showing (from better battery stats)

Since unplugged - other, partial wakelocks, kernel wakelock, alarms, process

since charged - all

System tuner pro or cpu spy -

CPU utilization diagram.

CPU times (system tuner pro)

Just normal screenshots from

settings > battery (1)

click on the graph (2)

click on the screen (3)

all Kobridge tweak log files - /data/log/kobridge_tweakxx.log
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jra2882:
error

I have installed this rom twice following the instructions and everything is working just fine except for I get this error on some apps and was wondering if there is a fix. It says can not install on usb storage or sd card.

Any help is appreciated

Thank You
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bielinsk:
I have seen that on other roms. Remove your SD card and try to install.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Judah001:
Is anyone else having issues with the hotspot hack? I keep getting error 67?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dragonOL2:
Thankfully, I've had the exact opposite experience... My phone is much snappier now in all aspects and seems to run much smoother. And I'm getting much better signal speeds and stronger signal strengths than I have ever before here in FL. No GPS issues either. So far so good from my end.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] saj1jr:
Question: Is the lockscreen on this newest version still just the swipe anywhere to unlock? I really like the lockscreen where you can preset like 5 different things to open up (not sure what "version" that's called)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rksand:
I'm using Widget Locker.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] saj1jr:
Meh, that looks really cluttered to me. I've tried some of the lockscreen apps and don't really like any of them. I'd rather the lockscreen be built right into the ROM.

The one I'm referring to is on CM9..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jra2882:
That worked and then do i need to format my memory to get it to allow me to install apps
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bielinsk:
Nope, just install the app and put your SD card back in, should be fine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jra2882:
Imstered memory card but said cant move app
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xcomputerman:
Ahh, it's so good to have Blazer back.

I had been running tFF11 and suffering from battery life issues, and I missed Blazer so much that I decided to come back. To my surprise I was able to install using the modified format all zip without wiping data -- smoothest ROM-to-ROM transition ever. No errors or hiccups of any sort so far.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually like the theme better than Holo (other than the tacky looking dialer). So Phantom, if you do decide to go Holo at some time in the future, please leave an option to go back to the original theme.

What else can I say? This ROM is as smooth as butter. Welcome back, Blazer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 14u2c:
Yeah !! I've had good signal too in Va.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jra2882:
I did format the card and it still wont let me move apps
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 5FOOTER:
It's a kernel issue there is a work around by Agat but we have plenty of room on our phones.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bielinsk:
Yea, don't know why you would want to move it, but to each their own.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jedite7:
I feel your pain in reverse, I can never get CM9 to flash but Blazer is silky smooth.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jedite7:
I love Holo and its the main thing I miss in going from Blazer GB to ICS. If we could get an option for both that would be sweet!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lagallinavecchia:
I'm new to this ROM - where is allshare? I see the icon when I play a video but I don't see an icon for the service. Also, when I play a video, it just goes to black, then crashes.

Also, the screen settings won't stay, and it keeps auto dimming to the point where it's almost unreadable.

Suggestions?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shadow_God:
It isn't hacked for FF18 yet
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rksand:
Turn off the autodim under Settings-->Display-->Brightness and slide you finger on the taskbar to adjust instead.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] master acehole:
If your having problems moving apps to sd card its because the ROM includes the repacked kernel you need the stock kernel to move it I haven't tried it on this ROM but it worked on other ICS roms for me
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Judah001:
Ok thanks! I know there is an know issue with it but ph says hot spot hack in the description so I was confused.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jra2882:
I think is where it installed when i first downloaded it so i was just going to put it back there thats all. Thank you for all of the help and i will from now on just install stuff to my usb storage.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rksand:
Possible bug report: I'm occasionally finding my menu, home, back and search button are non-responsive. The phone is not frozen. Reorienting to landscape and back corrects the problem. It is not associated with any particular app that I have discerned thus far.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dw3bb10:
I have to agree. Though, ill attribute this to the fact that theres been no OTA. Think ill go back to Blazer for now. LOVE the way this ROM looks though!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jedite7:
This has already been reported. If you give it a sec it will work on its own.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] livewirevoodoo:
Just made the transition from Blazer 4.1 to Blazer ICS during my lunch hour.

All I did was:

* cwm backup of 4.1 setup

* wiped all data

* installed Blazer ICS

* cwm data restore from the backup I made

* reboot

worked flawlessly. Note that I do not recommend following this method as I'm sure there is an official write up on the procedure. Just sharing my experiences.

This ROM is as smooth as 4.1 has been for me. very few rough edges. I'm missing the Holo theme, swipeable notification settings (rotate, flashlight, etc) and volume song advance, but I plan on staying on Blazer ICS.

Battery life has been worse, not horrible though. As some recomment I'll let the rom settle before weighing in. Something else to keep in mind, it's 95 degrees here today. Hot weather will drain a battery quicker.

Amazing work tho. Thx again, and again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jedite7:
+1 please give us some holo-love... And I don't mean the kind Data gets on the Holodeck of the Enterprise.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
I installed Holo from the Xda thread and it seems to work fine. Why don't you just install it? ;)

Edit: I installed the Holo launcher, is there a theme too?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jedite7:
I'm not sure what you're referring to, link?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Sorry jumped the gun, see my edit above. This is the Holo launcher link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1636393

Addendum: There is one in the market too, not sure if they're the same though.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shadow_God:
It was hacked for FF11...but since updated to FF18, it has to be hacked for FF18
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jedite7:
Thanks for the tip, but I'm referencing more of an overall stock ICS experience.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] d1gw33d:
So... anyone else having the issue with 'Android OS' eating up **** tons of battery? My battery life on CM9, AOKP and this has been garbage compared to stock TW 2.x.

As far as I've read its an issue with our phone and ICS but others don't seem to have the problem?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
I had that issue with AOKP, Using this ROM actually gives me more battery life than stock.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Nope not really, but I use Kobridge's tweaks set to Aggressive from his thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1668853

Blazer is using some of his tweaks in this build already but KO offers a few more levels of tweaks too and it is helping the ICS community tremendously.

Battery life is relative to how you use your phone also and you can't compare a leaked ICS build to a polished GB build. I see a lot of complaints about this but noone ever seems to leave us details. ;) What kind of battery life ARE you getting?

Edit: KoBridge has a new thread for helping people having trouble with battery life:

[Kobridge]Getting BAD battery life? Post your screenshots here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1724859
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shift Sunny:
After about 14 hours of little to moderate use I was at 30% not so bad. It'll probably get better.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] riggs170:
Hey PH can you post the apk for the stock ics launcher if you have it, i noticed out was removed in 1.2. Yes i have googled it with no avail i just don't care for nova or apex.

Thanks

Sent from my Epic Blazer ICS 3G Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lagallinavecchia:
Phone seems to get VERY hot after about 30 min of constant use.

Seems odd, I hadn't had this problem before. Anyone else?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhantomHacker:
It should be in my removed zip on goo.im, but I'll check.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] riggs170:
It was in there thanks

Sent from my Epic Blazer ICS 3G Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dubez:
I'm trying to find the 6/19 build for this rom, but I keep winding up downloading the version I have already.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bielinsk:
Any luck on removing Beats?

Also, is there any way to change the task monitor back to the default ICS? The images are stretched and blurred for backround apps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jackal424:
cant find it, where is it?

So went on a trip yesterday sporting my new ICS ROM....

turned out that GPS would not lock and had to use wife's FROYO phone to get directions...embarrassing i tell you....she's like whats wrong with your super hot phone that you rave about...why you need my so-called "inferior phone"..

anyone know why on v.0.1.1 GPS does not lock using the Navigation App? It seems to give me position using maps, but when I use it for navigation it does'nt lock. I used the GPS Status app and no cigar.

..any help would be appreciated.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yaeger:
I had the same problem. I installed FF11 modem and reset GPS and now it locks on quick.

---------- Post added at 01:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:18 PM ----------

I had the same problem. I installed FF11 modem and reset GPS and now it locks on quick.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dragonOL2:
I'm getting great GPS locks on the latest ICS build. Not sure if it matters or was just a placebo effect, buy I saw someone post something about making sure to have a solid GPS lock before switching from GB to ICS. Regardless, I'm getting some of my best and fastest GPS locks.

GPS Status in the play store also helps if you want to use an app to assess GPS as well
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MarcAntonyy:
I apologize if this has been addressed in the thread, or is a dumb question.

ICS-for-ICS theme is basically the ideal theme for these ICS ROMs. Would it not be possible for them to allow another themer or developer still running the E4GT to pick up their project and develop that theme for other ROMS, such as Blazer?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
You could try Fasterfix and Gpsfix from the market.

If they don't do the trick for you there is a flashable GPS fix I posted here that seems to have good success:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1563765

---------- Post added at 09:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:23 PM ----------

It would be best to try contacting the developer first to get permission.

"There are never stupid questions... just stupid answers" :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] genaro12543:
I JUST upgraded from 0.1.1 to the latest and all I can say is please remove the am/pm but that's it I just gotta test the battery now to see of the os usage is lower
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
He won't unless enough ppl request it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jedite7:
+1
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] genaro12543:
Don't really care haha just my .02 I can definitely see an improvement on battery though that's more important to me. It just puzzles me why the am/pm would even be added the time and signal take up 50% of the status bar

Edit:

Revamper, how the hell is this a troll post? Ur trolling by wasting a post in this thread with a two word post. Good job. And I'm not exaggerating look at ascersions battery life screenshot after my post. Look at that status bar. Cmon....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ascertion:
My phone has great battery life until I go to work (which can barely grab any signal...)

Look at how much it drops just from it trying to grab signal.

Right at the half way point, you'll notice it starts to dip. Hardly any screen time, its all searching for signal.

Edit: still good rom, just pointing out that low signal = less battery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] revamper:
Troll much?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jedite7:
50%? I think that's a bit of an exaggeration...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shift Sunny:
About 10 hours of moderate use and im at 60%! I like it!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shadow_God:
Lol....yea just a lil
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wp7chris:
Why is everyone complaining about beats, learn how to get rid of it yourself. Use another ROM instead of constantly asking for etas on beats. Who cares. Beats is fine, good rom
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] benthe1:
The dip seems to correspond with your screen being turned on. Just an observation.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
I don't think it's that unreasonable to request a mod for something if the user has a legitimate issue with it.

FYI, this isn't that easy to remove. Like someone already posted, there are a lot of files that get installed and it's not that easy to remove once it's installed. I could write a removal script but may be easier for the Dev to post a 'before' snapshot for easy removal.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Judah001:
Try turning your data off. When I have meetings at my corporate office I use to have the same problem with battery drain so I would turn data off and my battery would last all day. Hope that helps!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
I've got a good one.

Just out of curiosity, I started to download the lastest Blazer rom to my phone. After realizing it wasn't a good idea, I cancelled the download from Download All Files. However, I've seen it 2 or 3 times (over several days) pop back up in the status bar (the down green arrow) and sure enough, it's started to redownload the full rom again so I go in and cancel the d/l again. I just wiped data for download manager (system file) and also Download All Files. Has anyone seen this before?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gotojanoo:
As Phantom says weekend here . Am ready for new build :good:

BTW when Samsung officially will release ICS for our phone? Samsung so busy doing marketing for S3 Only ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] durhamite:
I installed blazer then tried to install Robin, the voice app from the market and got cannot install on USB storage or SD card. Other apps work fine, Anyone know what may be causing this?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Unmount the external SD in storage and try it again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joshuadub:
Unmount SD card install app then mount SD card and move to SD that should work that's a common issue with some of these roms but not a major one hope that works for u as it did for me
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ascertion:
screen time is very minimal. You're not referring to awake are you?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] durhamite:
Cool thanks that worked for me too
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tristanjpark:
i have this strange problem where, after a while of use, the 4g says i am connected but it wont load anything. its really random. once i update my prl and profile it works again. i am currently on the ff18 modem. does anyone have similar problems? anyone have a fix?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
You didn't say, is this happening with other modems?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] robertm2011:
It's gotten very quiet....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jedite7:
Aye, here's hoping it's the quiet before the ROM update :) I've been checking this thread like every 20 minutes...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tristanjpark:
it happens with every modem since i flashed an ics rom. it didnt do it on the el29 roms.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cas8180:
+1

Starting to go through update withdrawls
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gr33nd3vil:
Phantoms a busy guy give him time
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 5FOOTER:
Yeah agreed besides the gb updates where late Sunday or early Monday morning.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vadyr56:
I've been having a bit of an android os drain issue running Blazer 4.1. Long story short, I tried out the ics build (great work PH, can't thank you enough for your work) but I can't part with the great battery life 4.1 was giving me. After trying out the ics build I flashed back to 4.1 (full factory data wipe with every flash, I don't even use titanium backup I just manually rebuild my apps) and now I'm having much more of an issue with android os draining. In the past at around 50% Id have about 12 hours on the battery with an hour and a half screen time and android os indicating about a third of displays consumption. Now im having android os and display about neck and neck, sometimes android os overtaking display! I understand there are many variables with how android os uses power but is there a good way to pinpoint exactly what is causing the drain within android os? Running the stock el29 repack as I always did, and el29 modem. Also, I am running badassbatterystats but it doesn't really help my specific issue, just shows kernel and android system as the top consumers of battery. Thanks in advance. Cheers!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rksand:
Me too. It's been widely reported, and probably won't be fixed until we are off leaked kernels. Unless Phantom has some magic up his sleeves.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vadyr56:
I've had great luck with these stock repacks for gb and PH/Calukin roms before. Is it just sort of a luck of the draw when flashing combined with hardware behaving slightly varying from phone to phone?

Trying to upload some current screenshots but for some reason the upload is failing. Honestly my battery life is still fairly solid, just curious about why android os can seem to be moody :confused:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ascertion:
Your browser is reopening the download tab each time you reopen it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
I wish the browser wouldn't always come up to the last page you visited, even after a reboot. It should reset to the home page on its own. :rolleyes:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vrundmc:
Is there a modded email.apk that bypasses exchange security settings?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Since you brought it up, anyone know why there is also an exchange.apk?

I've seen several requests for bypassing security for email but why is the exchange.apk also included in the stock rom?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jedite7:
Bump.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] robertm2011:
And, bump.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leaderbuilder:
I believe it's always been there in the ICS leaks. I looked at a few releases, Sextape's Phantom's, Calkulins, and others and it's there - /system/apps. Being a guy who deals with a lot of corporate stuff I don't mind it being there. I do mind the issues that it still has connecting and synching though with different Exchnage versions and service packs etc.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Our exchange is hosted now so I have no way to test this out. Suppose I could piggy off of one of my customers' exchange servers but it sounds like most users aren't using it anyway. They're using the default email.apk for syching with Exchange.

Edit: I guess the original question remains. Does anyone know if the Exchange security bypass is in place for this rom?

Someone posted early on in Calk's ICS rom that it appeared to be disabled there but I don't know if that is still true with the current one.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nickf914:
Firstly, than you to Phantom. Your roms are the best I've ever come across on any phone I've ever had. I am running 4.1 - and wanted to ask if anyone could tell me if it's normal to have such heavy battery consumption by the kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cas8180:
If you do just a little searching in this thread you will see it is a known issue with the ics leaks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cmdauria:
Does this rom have any exchange email issues?

How do you use the default email apk? Is it just the standard email that is included?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nickf914:
If I'm not mistaken....4.1 is gingerbread build not ics.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
He's not running ics ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cas8180:
Were you always running 4.1 or did you flash to ics then back to gb?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nickf914:
I flashed to phantom ics,then opted to come back to gb
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] robertm2011:
Have you always been on GB or have you flashed an ICS rom and then gone back to GB?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nickf914:
Flashed ics then came back
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] robertm2011:
Seems to be happening to some people who have flashed ICS roms...

When they go back to GB, they experience the same thing. No fix for it that I know of...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nickf914:
Do you think flashing a different kernel will help?